Re: Ruling Question: Can you Terror a Veteran Bodyguard - after blocking is assigned...but before damage is redirected?

David DeLaney wrote:
> 
> Martin Golm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >David DeLaney wrote:
> >> VB today:
> >> Veteran Bodyguard               3WW             Creature - Bodyguard
> >> 2/5  As long as ~ is untapped, all damage that would be dealt to you by
> >>  unblocked creatures is dealt to ~ instead.
>
> >Damage dealt by using abilities like Prodigal Sorcerer's or by triggered
> >abilities like Extra Arms' would not be redirected to VB?
> 
> Well, if it was trying to be dealt to you, it would be so redirected, with
> the current wording. This fits with the original wording of the card, but
> not with how it was ruled to work up until early 1999.

As per 309.2f an attacking creature with no blockers becomes an
unblocked creature in the declare blockers step. Before that time in a
turn no creature is an unblocked creature. Why will damage from the
Sorcerer's activated ability or from Extra Arms' triggered ability be
redirected to the Bodyguard? Extra Arms triggers before a creature could
become an unblocked creature, and the Sorcerer's ability will be most
likely from a non-attacking creature.
I'm not arguing about how good the current wording fits with the
original wording. I just want to make sure that "all damage that would
be dealt to you by unblocked creatures" is (by far) not the same as "all
damage that would be dealt to you by creatures". (The second would
redirect Extra Arms' and the Sorcerer's ability, while the first never
will, I think.)


Martin